Solving time: 10:14 – I thought I was going to be easily under 10 minutes but I was held up by the place name, the body artists and the thing that went in the soup. … Read more “Times 26956, in which my feminine side comes out – at least at 27 across”
Author: glh
Mephisto 2995 – Don Manley
Apologies for going back to the old-school blog format, but the script doesn’t seem to be working for me right now – the puzzle just keeps reloading and I get errors in the console panel. … Read more “Mephisto 2995 – Don Manley”
Times 26944 – for want of a queue
Solving time: 10:00 – however I had a very silly typo that I should have picked up on in a readthrough, so I am sitting nearly at the bottom of the leaderboard. After finding a … Read more “Times 26944 – for want of a queue”
Mephisto 2993 – Tim Moorey
Another tricky offering from Tim Moorey this week, with some cunning wordplay for unfamiliar terms. I am writing this up a little bit in advance of the solution appearing (hopefully it will work, I tend … Read more “Mephisto 2993 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26932 – I like the way the Americans say 20 down
Solving time: 8:21. At the moment this has me second of about 18 on the list, so I might have gotten lucky with a jump on some of the wordplay here. Now let’s talk wordplay … Read more “Times 26932 – I like the way the Americans say 20 down”
Mephisto 2991 – Paul McKenna (December 24 Mephisto)
There was an extended deadline for this puzzle due to the holiday weekend(s). I don’t know if it was intentional, but I found this one far more difficult than most of the recent Mephistos and … Read more “Mephisto 2991 – Paul McKenna (December 24 Mephisto)”
Times 26920 – music on top of music
Solving time: 13:38. Well, I have been dragged kicking and screaming into whatever century this is and I’m trying the script of mohn2’s to somehow dredge the clues out of the online puzzle and stick … Read more “Times 26920 – music on top of music”
Mephisto 2989 – Don Manley
I did this one pretty early since I was snowed in (thankfully mostly with power and internet) last weekend. I had a bunch of question marks around the outside, which usually means that I got … Read more “Mephisto 2989 – Don Manley”
Times 26908. In which George stares at his phone in a dressing room and a bar
Solving time : 1:59:42. Yay – I came in under two hours. OK – this was the first time I did the crossword on my cellulite phone, in breaks during a show I was performing … Read more “Times 26908. In which George stares at his phone in a dressing room and a bar”
Mephisto 2987 – Tim Moorey
Greetings all, running way behind. Here’s a placeholder for the Mephisto, feel free to ask questions of the hive mind, but I don’t think I’ll be able to get to this until Monday morning. Or … Read more “Mephisto 2987 – Tim Moorey”